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Just learned something new in the few days.

The government decided that as well as the regulation of light bulbs and the types of bulbs that can go in ceiling fans, they also required manufacturers to put wattage limiters into ceiling fan light kits. I guess this isn't a terrible thing. Manufacturer makes a ceiling fan and says "don't put anything higher than a 40W bulb in this fan, owner decides he wants more light and puts four 100W bulbs into the fan instead. I guess the govt is protecting stupid people from themselves, so they require the manufacturers to put a gizmo in the fan that kills the light if you exceed a certain wattage (I think an example would be 190W for a fan meant to take four 40W bulbs).

The problem is that after a few years, your lights stop coming on, and if you're lucky, they just blink on and off instead.

Well, the good news is that if you are willing to take personal responsibility, when the limiter goes bad, you can just take the darn thing out. I put in regulation bulbs anyway. I'd put CFL or LED bulbs that use fewer Watts in place if there were any good ones of adequate output that would fit in the spot.

I think that Hunter makes quality ceiling fans, and the fan motors have a lifetime warranty. They told me that the lighting limiter would be $35 + $8 shipping. No warranty on the limiter.

The one in my fan was the exact same part as in the video.